HP DV8 Blu-Ray Notebook Launches

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Ladies and gentlemen, the rumor fairies were right! The HP dv8 has just launched over in Taiwan, and Digitimes has the confirmed specs. First off, we're looking at a quad-core i7-720QM CPU, an Nvidia graphics card with 1GB of video memory, 4 GB of DDR3, and a 1 TB hard drive. The display will be 18", and the optical drive will be a Blu-ray.

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Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:33:09 CST | by Robert Evans

Asus Announces G51J 3D Gaming Notebook

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Let's be honest with each other. Odds are, you aren't a professional gamer. Neither am I. But we both really, really want the Asus G51J 3D notebook, despite the fact that the only people who need this kind of gaming power "on the move" are pros. Don't feel guilty for wanting to buy a giant, sexy, and expensive-as-hell gaming laptop. You've earned a Christmas present this year, and the G51J will look great under a tree.

It packs Nvidia 3D Vision and comes bundled with special 3D glasses. The graphics card is a GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB of dedicated DDR3 video memory. This badass rig packs a 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7 processor with turbo boost speeds of up to 2.8 GHz. The OS (of course) is Windows 7, 64 bit. The G51J has a 15.6" display, up to 4 GB of RAM, and a DVD super-multi/Blu-ray combo. The webcam is 2.0 MP, and your hard drive choices are either 250 GB/ 320 GB, or 320 GB and 500 GB.

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Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:40:24 CST | by Robert Evans

Upgrade Notebook HDD or SSD Easier with SATA Wire

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There are a number of hard drive and SSD upgrade kits floating around for notebooks and netbooks. The catch is that many users simply don’t have the understanding needed to transfer all of their files over to the new drive. Apricorn has a new upgrade kit to make the transfer easier called the SATA Wire.

The SATA Wire sells for $19.99 and is a cable that plugs into your SATA SSD or HDD on one end and then plugs into the USB port of your notebook on the other to transfer data. The upgrade kit also includes cloning software that makes it easy to move all your data over. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:45:26 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Walmart Black Friday $198 Notebook Deal Is Hot

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Best Buy had a $249 Acer Extensa Laptop sale a week ago. Walmart is easily topping this already great notebook deal with a $198 eMachines eME627 Windows 7 notebook (via GottaDeal).
Walmart is not offering a single netbook in their just leaked Black Friday ad - Just notebooks. It is actually already very hard to find a netbook under $200. A $200 notebook is a hot deal and of course this is only a Walmart Black Friday doorbuster deal.
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Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PS3 Firmware 3.10 With Facebook Arrives Today

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Sony announced that the new Sony PS3 Firmware 3.10 will be available today. As reported on Tuesday, the new PS3 system update brings Facebook integration.
With the new Facebook integration, PS3 console owners now have access to a truly social and seamless user experience. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:07:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sears Black Friday VIP Sweepstakes Launched On Facebook

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Sears is offering 25 lucky shoppers the chance to win an opportunity to shop the retailer's Black Friday deals - the day before Thanksgiving - as part of Sears' Black Friday VIP Sweepstakes.

Now through Nov. 19th, you can visit the Sears Facebook page and register for the Black Friday VIP Sweepstakes and the opportunity to win a Sears $500 gift card.
Registrants will then automatically be entered into a secondary drawing for an additional $500 gift card and a VIP preview shopping experience in 25 participating markets.
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Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Facebook & Twitter Hit The Xbox 360

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Xbox 360 owners will notice a happy change when they switch on their console today. Microsoft has just added full Facebook and Twitter functionality (via PC World) to the 360. These integrated social networking tools have been in beta for the last few weeks, but today marks their release to the public. Load up your 360, check out the new features, and leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:41 CST | by Robert Evans

Sony PS3 Firmware 3.10 Features Facebook Integration

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Sony is going to release the new firmware 3.10 for the Sony PS3 soon. On their official blog Sony is giving a preview of the new Sony PS3 firmware 3.10.
With firmware 3.10 you will be able to link your PSN account with your Facebook account. By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the option for the Sony PS3 to automatically update your Facebook News Feed with Trophy and PlayStation Store activity.

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Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:36:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus To Buy Toshiba's Notebook Brand?

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Asustek is a company with some serious goals. They intend to be one of the top three notebook vendors in the world, and they plan to accomplish this by 2011. While putting out one of the best lines of netbooks on the market is a good start, Asus knows they need to do more. Digitimes reports that the company is looking towards corporate acquisitions as a way to give themselves a boost.

Their first target appears to be Toshiba's notebook business. Asus has already had contact with the company and, while nothing is finalized, it sounds like this is an offer that both companies are taking seriously. Toshiba is a well-known brand, and having access to that name would be of substantial benefit to Asus.

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Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:13:25 CST | by Robert Evans

Stylish Toshiba Windows 7 Notebook Is Best Buy Deal Of The Day

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Another hot weekend of early Black Friday deals is behind us, but the sales offers continue. Today Best Buy features in their Daily deal a Toshiba Satellite Laptop with Windows 7 in Gold Onyx design, selling for $599.99.
The Toshiba looks cool, but the CPU it is featuring is a low performer found in the lower third in CPU performance ranking.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:44:46 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CyberPower Announces Core i7 Gaming Notebooks

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Do you love a gamer? I mean really, deeply, $2000 love them? If so, it might be worth dipping into the ol' 401k to fund this gift. CyberPower has just announced the coming of a new line of badass high-end gaming PCs with Intel Core i7 processors. The Xplorer series has some gorgeous specs, despite its terrible name. All of them come stock with Intel's new PM55 Express chipset. They also pack Intel's Turbo Boost technology.

You can choose to upgrade the chipset with an Nvidia GTS 250. The base-model starts with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and 500 GB of space. The cheapest configuration costs $1499. If you step it up a notch, you can get an Nvidia GTX 280M graphics card, and a 1080p display with Blu-Ray drive. Performance comes with a price; the best Xplorers cost $1885 and $2119, respectively.

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Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:54:48 CST | by Robert Evans

Asustek Launching 17.3'' 3D Notebook, Q1 2010

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If you want a crazy-powerful media laptop with full active-shutter 3D glasses, you might want to think Asus. According to Digitimes they're about to unveil a new 17.3" 3D notebook in the first quarter of 2010. This notebook will pack a Core i7 CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTM 160M GPU, 4 GB of memory, and two 320 GB hard drives. They're also working on a 15.6" 3D notebook, which should launch mid-November and pack the same hardware as the 17.3" model.

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Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:56:26 CST | by Robert Evans

$80 Notebook Menq EasyPC E790 Gets Reviewed on Video

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Tech geek Chabrax, known for his in-depth Archos coverage, has ventured off and taken a look at the very interesting $80 Android Laptop the Menq EasyPC E790.
The Chinese Menq EasyPC E790 can run Android as it is based on a Samsung ARM926EJ-S3C2450 CPU. Right now the Menq EasyPC E790 runs Windows CE 5.0. Android support is supposed to be available in a month. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:30:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iBuyPower Battalion 101 W870CU Intel Core i7 Gaming Notebook Unveiled

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iBUYPOWER announced its first Intel Core i7 based notebook with the iBuyPower Battalion 101 W870CU.
Starting at $2,114, the W870CU offers gamers three Core i7 CPUs to choose from, including the 2.00GHz 920XM Mobile Processor Extreme, up to 8GB DDR3 memory, and a 17.3-inch Full HD 1920x1080 widescreen LCD high definition resolution.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best Buy Offers $250 Acer Aspire Notebook

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Sweet mother of all deals, Best Buy is offering one hell of an awesome gift opportunity this holiday season. As reported the company will soon be making an official announcement for their new notebook deal. This deal will start off on Wednesday, and run through at least Black Friday, if not the entire holiday season. During this time, customers will be able to purchase a full-size Acer Aspire notebook for $250.

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Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:31:24 CST | by Robert Evans

Facebook Groups 'Hacked' For A Good Cause

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If you're a regular user of Facebook (who isn't these days?) you have probably joined up with your share of groups. Facebook groups are sort of like a combination of club and petition, except for being totally useless and so flooded with spam as to be unsuited for anything but a novelty. As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of them. Well today it looks like my distaste for Facebook groups was reasonable after all. It turns out they're incredibly vulnerable to the actions of assholes with a tiny bit of knowledge.

Loose wire blog reports that over 300 different Facebook groups have been taken over today by a group called Control Your Info. Here's a link. Some folks are calling this a 'hack', but that's not really true. The groups were hijacked by way of an existing, perfectly legal and transparent feature within Facebook. All the 'hacker' did was search groups who'd had an admin leave, and then joined as an admin. This gave them the ability to change the name of the group. Once they had control, they left this note;

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Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:09 CST | by Robert Evans

New Early Best Buy Black Friday Deal is $249.99 Acer Notebook Starting Tomorrow

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Best Buy announced that tomorrow November 11th they will be selling an Acer notebook for $249.99 as an early Black Friday deal online and in-stores. Update: $249.99 Acer Laptop appears on Best Buy site.

This early Black Friday notebook deal is almost $50 lower than the HP Notebook Walmart offered last weekend.

The $249.99 Acer Laptop from Best Buy is also based on the Intel Celeron 900 CPU and comes with 2GB RAM and a 160GB HDD.
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Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:05:24 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus G51J Core i7 Gaming Notebook Review

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The Asus G51J Intel Core i7 gaming notebook with Windows 7 sells on Amazon.com for $1,629.99. That is quite a bit of money. Hothardware has tested the Asus G51J and published this review.

Quote from the review: "Windows 7 is upon us, and with the launch of Microsoft's self-proclaimed "best operating system" comes a slew of new desktop machines, notebooks, and netbooks looking to take advantage of its added stability and features. One of the companies that is looking to serve up a number of new Win7-based rigs is Asus, and without a doubt they have assembled an interesting and compelling offering in their G51J-A1 notebook. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

B&N Nook eBook Reader Heavy Demand Pushes Shipping Date Back

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Barnes & Noble announced their hot new eBook reader dubbed nook in October.
The nook gives the Amazon Kindle a run for its money with the 2nd color screen and Android OS.
According to the WSJ the demand is so high that the shipping date of the nook is getting pushed back to December 11th for pre-orders that come in now.

B&N is quoted saying that the demand for the nook has surpassed their expectations. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus UL50AG-A2 And UL80Vt-A1 Notebooks With $100 Gift Card Offered On Amazon

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Gift card bundle deals seem to be a hot trend again this holiday shopping season. Walmart is offering the Xbox 360 Arcade with a $100 gift card tomorrow and Amazon just launched a gift card deal on three Asus notebooks from their UL series.
You get a free $100 Amazon gift card with the purchase of the Asus UL50AG-A2 or Asus UL80Vt-A1. If you buy the Asus UL20A-A1 you get a $75 Amazon gift card.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell Adamo XPS 9.99mm Thin Notebook Details And Price Unveiled

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Dell has teased us with the ultra-thin Dell Adamo XPS over the past few months and now Dell has finally unwrapped the world's thinnest Laptop at 0.4-inch.
The Dell Adamo XPS could be under your Christmas tree if you are lucky as Dell plans to ship it in time for the Holidays.
The pencil-thin Dell Adamo XPS weighs just over 3 pounds (depends on configuration) and measures 13.39 x 10.71 inches.
Dell expects to begin taking orders and shipping the Adamo XPS with Microsoft Windows 7 pre-installed in time for the holidays. The Adamo XPS is priced starting at $1,799.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr